| degree | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. degree, grade, level | a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality.; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" |
| ~ caliber, calibre, quality | a degree or grade of excellence or worth.; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" |
| ~ property | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class.; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" |
| ~ intensiveness, intensity | high level or degree; the property of being intense. |
| ~ grind | the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground.; "a coarse grind of coffee" |
| ~ depth | degree of psychological or intellectual profundity. |
| ~ highness | a high degree (of amount or force etc.).; "responsible for the highness of the rates" |
| ~ high | a lofty level or position or degree.; "summer temperatures reached an all-time high" |
| ~ low | a low level or position or degree.; "the stock market fell to a new low" |
| ~ lowness | a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.).; "he took advantage of the lowness of interest rates" |
| ~ extreme | the furthest or highest degree of something.; "he carried it to extremes" |
| ~ amplitude level | the level on a scale of amplitude. |
| ~ moderation, moderateness | quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes. |
| ~ immoderateness, immoderation | the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation. |
| ~ spf, sun protection factor | the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun. |
| n. (state) | 2. degree, level, point, stage | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process.; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" |
| ~ state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes.; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
| ~ ladder | ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress.; "he climbed the career ladder" |
| ~ acme, meridian, summit, tiptop, elevation, height, pinnacle, superlative, peak, top | the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" |
| ~ extent | the point or degree to which something extends.; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right" |
| ~ resultant, end point | the final point in a process. |
| ~ standard of life, standard of living | a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group.; "they enjoyed the highest standard of living in the country"; "the lower the standard of living the easier it is to introduce an autocratic production system" |
| ~ plane | a level of existence or development.; "he lived on a worldly plane" |
| ~ state of the art | the highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time.; "the state of the art in space travel" |
| ~ ultimacy, ultimateness | the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance,.; "the ultimacy of these social values" |
| ~ quickening | the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus. |
| ~ climax | the most severe stage of a disease. |
| n. (communication) | 3. academic degree, degree | an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study.; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude" |
| ~ accolade, honor, laurels, award, honour | a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.; "an award for bravery" |
| ~ associate degree, associate | a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies. |
| ~ bachelor's degree, baccalaureate | an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies. |
| ~ honours, honours degree | a university degree with honors. |
| ~ master's degree | an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree. |
| ~ doctor's degree, doctorate | one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university. |
| ~ law degree | degree conferred on someone who successfully completes law school. |
| ~ honorary degree, honoris causa | a degree conferred to honor the recipient. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. arcdegree, degree | a measure for arcs and angles.; "there are 360 degrees in a circle" |
| ~ angular unit | a unit of measurement for angles. |
| ~ arcminute, minute of arc, minute | a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree. |
| ~ oxtant | a unit of angular distance equal to half a quadrant. |
| ~ sextant | a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. degree | the highest power of a term or variable. |
| ~ degree of a term | the sum of the exponents of the variables in the term. |
| ~ degree of a polynomial | the degree of the term in the polynomial that has the highest degree. |
| ~ first degree | a degree of one.; "all of the terms in a linear equation are of the first degree" |
| ~ exponent, index, power | a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself. |
| n. (quantity) | 6. degree | a unit of temperature on a specified scale.; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature" |
| ~ temperature unit | a unit of measurement for temperature. |
| ~ c, degree celsius, degree centigrade | a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature. |
| ~ degree fahrenheit, f | a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature. |
| n. (attribute) | 7. degree | the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime).; "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn" |
| ~ magnitude | the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small).; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea" |
| grade | | |
| n. (group) | 1. class, course, form, grade | a body of students who are taught together.; "early morning classes are always sleepy" |
| ~ assemblage, gathering | a group of persons together in one place. |
| ~ master class | a class (especially in music) given to talented students by an expert. |
| ~ discussion section, section | a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately.; "a graduate student taught sections for the professor's lecture course" |
| n. (state) | 2. grade, level, tier | a relative position or degree of value in a graded group.; "lumber of the highest grade" |
| ~ biosafety level | the level of safety from exposure to infectious agents; depends on work practices and safety equipment and facilities. |
| ~ rank | relative status.; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" |
| ~ a level | the advanced level of a subject taken in school (usually two years after O level). |
| ~ gcse, general certificate of secondary education, o level | the basic level of a subject taken in school. |
| ~ college level | the level of education that college students are assumed to have attained. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. grade | the gradient of a slope or road or other surface.; "the road had a steep grade" |
| ~ gradient, slope | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal.; "a five-degree gradient" |
| ~ rising slope, upgrade, rise | the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises. |
| ~ downgrade | the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. grad, grade | one-hundredth of a right angle. |
| ~ angular unit | a unit of measurement for angles. |
| ~ right angle | the 90 degree angle between two perpendicular lines. |
| n. (communication) | 5. gradation, grade | a degree of ablaut. |
| ~ ablaut | a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song). |
| n. (cognition) | 6. grade, mark, score | a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance).; "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" |
| ~ rating, valuation, evaluation | an appraisal of the value of something.; "he set a high valuation on friendship" |
| ~ grade point | a numerical value assigned to a letter grade received in a course taken at a college or university multiplied by the number of credit hours awarded for the course. |
| ~ centile, percentile | (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total. |
| ~ decile | (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores. |
| ~ quartile | (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores. |
| n. (attribute) | 7. grade, ground level | the height of the ground on which something stands.; "the base of the tower was below grade" |
| ~ elevation | distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level).; "there was snow at the higher elevations" |
| n. (animal) | 8. grade | a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed. |
| ~ bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen | domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age.; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"; "a team of oxen" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. grade, order, place, range, rank, rate | assign a rank or rating to.; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" |
| ~ superordinate | place in a superior order or rank.; "These two notions are superordinated to a third" |
| ~ shortlist | put someone or something on a short list. |
| ~ seed | distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds. |
| ~ reorder | assign a new order to. |
| ~ subordinate | rank or order as less important or consider of less value.; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools" |
| ~ prioritise, prioritize | assign a priority to.; "we have too many things to do and must prioritize" |
| ~ sequence | arrange in a sequence. |
| ~ downgrade | rate lower; lower in value or esteem. |
| ~ upgrade | rate higher; raise in value or esteem. |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| v. (contact) | 10. grade | level to the right gradient. |
| ~ even, even out, level, flush | make level or straight.; "level the ground" |
| ~ aggrade | build up to a level by depositing sediment. |
| v. (cognition) | 11. grade, mark, score | assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation.; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" |
| ~ appraise, assess, evaluate, valuate, measure, value | evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of.; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" |
| v. (cognition) | 12. grade | determine the grade of or assign a grade to. |
| ~ class, classify, sort out, assort, sort, separate | arrange or order by classes or categories.; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" |
| rating | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. evaluation, rating, valuation | an appraisal of the value of something.; "he set a high valuation on friendship" |
| ~ appraisal, assessment | the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth. |
| ~ overvaluation | too high a value or price assigned to something. |
| ~ undervaluation | too low a value or price assigned to something. |
| ~ pricing | the evaluation of something in terms of its price. |
| ~ reevaluation | the evaluation of something a second time (or more). |
| ~ mark, score, grade | a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance).; "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" |
| ~ bond rating | an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default.; "the bonds of highest quality are said to have bond ratings of AAA" |
| n. (act) | 2. evaluation, rating | act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of. |
| ~ judgment, assessment, judgement | the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event.; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" |
| ~ scoring, grading, marking | evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score.; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do" |
| n. (state) | 3. rating | standing or position on a scale. |
| ~ standing | social or financial or professional status or reputation.; "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing" |
| n. (state) | 4. military rank, military rating, paygrade, rating | rank in a military organization. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ rank | relative status.; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" |
| ~ flag rank | the rank of a flag officer. |
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